Directed patrol uses ____ to plan shift and beat staffing.

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Directed patrol is mostly focused on preventing and reducing crime by deploying police resources in areas where crime rates are high or crimes are likely to occur. Therefore, the primary tool for planning shift and beat staffing should be crime statistics, which provide objective and verifiable information about the frequency, location, and type of crimes in a given area. Officer preferences and citizen requests may have some value in determining the optimal distribution of patrol officers, but they should not override the empirical evidence from the crime data. A random lottery is not a useful method for allocating scarce police resources in a targeted and effective way.

Directed Patrol Uses ____ to Plan Shift and Beat Staffing